Toy pistol



(No Model.)

J. H. ROSE.

TOY PISTOL. No. 287,582. Patented Oct. 30, 1888.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN H. ROSE, OF NOR\VALK, CONNECTICUT.

TOY PISTOL.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 287,582, dated October30, 1883.

Application filed February 26, 1883.

To all whom it petty concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN H. ROSE, of Norwalk, in the county of Fairfieldand State of Connecticut, have invented a new and useful 5 Improvementin Toy Pistols, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to the toy pistols which comprise a rotary magazineor holder provided with cavities wherein paper caps are retained, and bythe rotation of the magazine or holder are brought into position to beexploded by the hammer.

The invention consists in novel features in the construction of themagazine or holder, the hammer, and the trigger, and in the manner ofcombining them together for co-operation, whereby the magazine or holderis turned step by step with an escapement-like action, which prevents itfrom turning in but one direction, as more fully hereinafter described.

The nature of the invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings,in which Figure 1 represents a sectional view of my improved pistol withthe parts in the position which they occupy after exploding a cap. Fig.2 represents the magazine or holder, the hammer, and the trigger in theposition which they occupy when cooking the hammer. Fig. 3 representsthe same parts, the hammer being cooked; and Figs. 4 and 5re1:resentm0difications of my invention.

Similar letters of reference designate corresponding parts in all thefigures.

The barrel and stock portion of this pistol, like others of its class,may be composed of two castings, A, of which only one is here shown, andwhich may be secured together by rivets inserted through holes a.

B designates the magazine or holder, C designates the hammer, and Ddesignates the trigger, all of which are arranged in an open ing betweenthe two parts or halves A. The magazine or holder B is pivoted at b, soas to turn freely. The hammer Cis pivoted at c, and the trigger D ispivoted at (Z.

The magazine or holder B is provided with peripherical cavities 6,wherein paper caps may be placed, and retained by overhanging lips orflanges f. The portions of the magazinc or holder between theperipherical cavities c are inclined at c on one side, for a pur- (Nomodel.)

pose hereinafter described; but the opposite sides of these portions maybe straight or inclined, as here shown.

The trigger D is recessed at r on one side, and the hammer C has a hornor projection, C, which works in the recess gas the hammer is swung onits pivot c. IVhen the hammer moves in the opposite direction-that is,in firing-the upper part, 0 of the hammer acts on the edge of thetrigger at J", and so throws the trigger forward.

E designates the mainsprin g, which engages with a notch, h, in thehammer. \Vhen the hammer is drawn back or cocked, the line of force ofthe spring falls within or in front of the hammer-pivot c, and so holdsthe hammer cocked. .IVhen the trigger D is pulled, its edge d acts onthe lower end of the hammer at c, and moves it forward until the line offorce of the spring falls behind the pivot c, whereupon the springcompletes its forward movement. In drawing the hammer back to cock itafter firing, the horn C acts on one of the projections on the magazineor holder, as shown in Fig. 2, and so turns the latter until it passesover the inclined surface 0, as shown in Fig. 3. The magazine or holder,as it is turned, acts 011 the portions 8 of the trigger, and so swingsit back with the hammer. \Vhen the-hammer is cocked, the trigger standsin the position shown in Fig. 3. \Vhen the ha1nmer is forced down by thespring, it acts on the trigger at d and forces it forward, and as soonas the nose d" of the trigger touches the incline c it turns themagazine or holder from the position shown in full outline in Fig. 3 tothe position shown in dotted outline, thus completing its movement. Thenose (1 of the trigger then comes behind the projection on the magazineor holder, and prevents its turning backward. It will therefore be seenthat the magazine or holder is partly turned by the hammer in the act ofcocking, and that its rotation is completed by the trigger in the act offiring.

The hammer C and trigger D shown in Fig. 4 differ from the ones shown inFigs. 1, 2, and 3 only in that I dispense with the nose (1 on thetrigger, and provide the hammer with a second horn, c, which acts on theinclines e, and completes themovement of the magazinc or cylinder asthehammer is thrown down.

In Fig. 5 I have shown a magazine or holder, B, having the cavities eand inclined projections 0' formed on the end instead of 011 theperiphery, as in Figs. 1, 2, and 3.

"What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is

1. The combination, with the magazine or holder B, provided withinclines c, of the hammer 0, provided with the rigid horn C, forengaging with said inclines to turn the magazine or holder, and meansadapted to act upon said inclines, and actuated by/the hammer in itsdownward movement to complete the turning movement of the magazine orholder, substantially as described.

2. The combination of the magazine or holder B, provided with inclinese, the hammer 0, provided with the horn O, and the trigger D, providedwith the nose (Z for acting on said inclines, all substantially asdescribed.

JOHN H. ROSE.

\Vitnesses '1. J. KEANE, ED. L. MORAN.

